... the importance of shame in the book. Even as Darcy proposes, "his sense of her inferiority--of its being a degradation--of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination were dwelt on" Elizabeth's mother, in particular, is only the daughter of a smalltown attorney, a station in life taken up by her brother-in-law, while her brother (Elizabeth's uncle) is ... ...

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... eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority "of its being a degradation "of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit (Austen 142). One theme of Pride and Prejudice ... ...

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